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Eydie Gormé

Eydie Gormé

Eydie Gormé has been played on NTS in shows including Como La Flor w/ Jazmin , featured first on 16 May 2017. Songs played include Sabor A Mi, The Coffee Song and Historia De Un Amor.

Eydie Gormé (also spelled as Eydie Gorme; born August 16, 1928) is an American singer, specializing, with her husband, Steve Lawrence, in traditional pop music, in the form of ballads and breezy swing. She has earned numerous awards, including the Grammy and the Emmy. She retired as of 2009; husband and musical partner Steve Lawrence continues to perform as a solo act.

Gormé was born as Edith Garmezano in Bronx, New York in 1928, the daughter of Fortuna and Nessim Garmezano. Her father was a tailor. She is a cousin of singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka. Her parents were Sephardic Jewish immigrants, her father from Sicily and her mother from Turkey.

She graduated from William Howard Taft High School in 1946 (film director Stanley Kubrick, also born in 1928, attended the school at the same time), and worked for the United Nations as an interpreter, using her fluency in the Ladino and Spanish languages. She made her recording debut in 1950 with the Tommy Tucker Orchestra and Don Brown. She made a second recording which featured Dick Noel. MGM issued these two recordings on 78rpm vinyl.

Sadly Eydie died in Las Vegas, USA, on August 10th 2013, just 6 days short of her 85th birthday. Her husband Steve Lawrence and thier 2 children survive her.

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Eydie Gormé

Eydie Gormé has been played on NTS in shows including Como La Flor w/ Jazmin , featured first on 16 May 2017. Songs played include Sabor A Mi, The Coffee Song and Historia De Un Amor.

Eydie Gormé (also spelled as Eydie Gorme; born August 16, 1928) is an American singer, specializing, with her husband, Steve Lawrence, in traditional pop music, in the form of ballads and breezy swing. She has earned numerous awards, including the Grammy and the Emmy. She retired as of 2009; husband and musical partner Steve Lawrence continues to perform as a solo act.

Gormé was born as Edith Garmezano in Bronx, New York in 1928, the daughter of Fortuna and Nessim Garmezano. Her father was a tailor. She is a cousin of singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka. Her parents were Sephardic Jewish immigrants, her father from Sicily and her mother from Turkey.

She graduated from William Howard Taft High School in 1946 (film director Stanley Kubrick, also born in 1928, attended the school at the same time), and worked for the United Nations as an interpreter, using her fluency in the Ladino and Spanish languages. She made her recording debut in 1950 with the Tommy Tucker Orchestra and Don Brown. She made a second recording which featured Dick Noel. MGM issued these two recordings on 78rpm vinyl.

Sadly Eydie died in Las Vegas, USA, on August 10th 2013, just 6 days short of her 85th birthday. Her husband Steve Lawrence and thier 2 children survive her.

Original source Last.fm

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Most played tracks

Sabor A Mi
Eydie Gorme, Trio Los Panchos
CBS1980
The Coffee Song
Eydie Gorme
CBS0
Historia De Un Amor
Eydie Gorme, The Trio Los Panchos
Columbia1964
Can't Get Over (The Bossa Nova)
Eydie Gorme
Columbia0
Sabor A Mi
Eydie Gorme, Trio Los Panchos
CBS1965
Piel Canela
Eydie Gorme, Trio Los Panchos
CBS1965
Di que no es Verdad
Eydie Gormé, Los Panchos
CBS1972
Fuego Bajo Tu Piel
Eydie Gorme, The Trio Los Panchos
Columbia1966